Universal TV (German TV channel)

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Universal TV
Country Germany
Broadcast area Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Headquarters Munich, Germany
Programming
Language(s)German/English
Picture format 576i (16:9 SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner Sky Deutschland
Sister channels 13th Street
Syfy
History
Launched5 September 2013;11 years ago (2013-09-05)
Former namesUniversal Channel (2013-2018)
Links
Website www.sky.de/sender/universaltv
Availability

Universal TV is a German pay-tv-channel, operated by Sky Deutschland and headquartered in Munich. The station was announced on 22 May 2013 and launched on 5 September 2013. [1]

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In the course of the global renaming of Universal Channel into Universal TV, the channel was renamed in Germany on 2 July 2018. [2]

It was folded into Sky Deutschland operations in December 2023.

Programming

The programme consists of a mixture of feature films and series, the latter being the major part of the program. The station's prime time starts at 9 pm and is filled, among other things, by exclusive first broadcastings. The complete program is also available in the original version, in addition to German synchronization. [3] In addition to series already broadcast on other stations, German-language first-time broadcasts are also offered.

Current

Sources: [4] [5]

Former

Logos

Audience share

Germany

JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberAnnual average
2017 [6] 0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1% '
2018 [7] 0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%

References

  1. "Universal Channel geht in Deutschland auf Sendung". horizont.net. HORIZONT Online. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  2. Schwegler, Petra (4 May 2018). "Aus Universal Channel wird Universal TV". wuv.de. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  3. "Matthew Perry und «Chicago Fire» zum Start des Universal Channel". 23 July 2013.
  4. "Wunschliste". wunschliste.de. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  5. KG, imfernsehen GmbH & Co. "Serien nach Sendern: Universal TV". fernsehserien.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  6. "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2017" (PDF). kek-online.de. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  7. "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2018" (PDF). kek-online.de. Retrieved 2 July 2018.